>You're not an ocean, so looking at the tides and assuming that the moon has a similar influence on you is an unjustified jump of logic. When you have nothing

>You're not an ocean, so looking at the tides and assuming that the moon has a similar influence on you is an unjustified jump of logic. When you have nothing else, your options are to make assumptions or do nothing. In general those who made assumptions sometimes get them right and eventually lead to progress that gives way to science. Those who do nothing remain frozen in their development. These days, with the understanding the average kid has when they graduate high school, it is an unreasonable assumption. But we are talking a far far different sort of society when these assumptions were being made.